20th Century Fox Aiming For R-Rating For Next 'Wolverine' Movie

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Well, this was inevitable. As James Gunn predicted, studios are going to be emboldened to go R-rated for their superhero projects, following the smash success of Deadpool. And it's 20th Century Fox themselves who are going for it, hoping they can take one of their most popular characters into grittier territory. In a promotional catalog handed out by the studio at Toy Fair 2016 in New York City, it's revealed that their next untitled Wolverine movie, slated to be Hugh Jackman's last turn in the role, will be R-rated. Of course, the larger question is whether or not the James Mangold directed movie needs to be R-rated, but it does allow them to make a more violent movie, and if I were betting man, also include a foul-mouthed cameo from Deadpool (after all, the filmmakers did try and get Wolverine in this weekend's movie). Consider this the first part of »

- Kevin Jagernauth

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